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DA Contraction vs Network Growth: The New Market Divide?

14.01.26 05:38 PM - By Paul Day - Comment(s)
DA Contraction vs Network Growth: The New Market Divide?

New data obtained through a recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the FCA by Network Consulting, seeking the total number of Directly Authorised (DA) intermediary firms and advisers operating in the retail advice space across both wealth and mortgages, reveals a market undergoing significan...

Directly Authorised FCA Firm Approvals Plumet 2020 to 2024

29.12.25 03:06 PM - By Paul Day - Comment(s)

The Freedom of Information request by Network Consulting Services shows that the applications approved by the FCA for both Mortgage and Wealth firms have declined rapidly for the past five years. 

What does this tell us? 
It si difficult to say really, however we can take an educated guess t...